least once more in October 1958 and participated in a special noon-time church service, introducing Northumbrians to American gospel music. As late as the 1970s, they recorded a Norwegian-language version of the Norwegian hit song "Ratiti". The group continued to tour into the early 1980s. The last surviving early member of the group, Jimmy Lundy, lived in Portsmouth, Virginia and died in October 2007, in Maryview Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. Two later members of the group are still alive: Ronnie Bright was the bass of the Deep River Boys from 1964 until 1968. After leaving the group he went to the Coasters, from which he has now retired. Eddie Whaley Jr (the son of Eddie Whaley of the comedy duo Scott and Whaley) was tenor of the Deeps from 1969 until 1971. He was born in Brighton, England, but now lives in Florida. Awards and honors In 2019, their 1941 single "They Look Like Men of War" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". References External links 20th-century African-American male singers American folk musical groups American Christian musical groups American gospel musical groups Musical groups established in the 1930s